diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts.go b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts.go
index 581ef9c03..0a6b641e9 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts.go
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ func (l *Log) HandActs(days int, cause, who string) Listing {
 	} else {
 		out.Kept[ActsLog] = kept
 		out.Complete, out.Cut, out.Why = cut.why == "", cut.unread, cut.why
+		// Complete is said for the window asked: a read cut after it passed the window's start lists every act of it
+		// (Repeated, over the fortnight, is the part that is partial, and Why says so).
+		if n := len(all); !out.Complete && n > 0 && !all[n-1].At.After(since) {
+			out.Complete = true
+		}
 	}
 	for _, a := range all {
 		if now.Sub(a.At) <= RepeatedWithin && handactsclient.Repair(a) {
@@ -367,14 +372,26 @@ func (l *Log) read(since time.Time) ([]Act, int, cutRead, error) {
 		if to-from+1 > pageSize {
 			from = to - pageSize + 1
 		}
-		page, err := l.Store.Page(ActsLog, from, pageSize)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, 0, cutRead{}, err
+		// A page may end early (the runtime stops one at 4 MiB): read on from its last sequence to `to`, so no entry
+		// between is skipped.
+		var page []PageEntry
+		for cur := from; cur <= to; {
+			p, err := l.Store.Page(ActsLog, cur, pageSize)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, 0, cutRead{}, err
+			}
+			n := len(page)
+			for _, e := range p {
+				if e.Seq >= cur && e.Seq <= to {
+					page = append(page, e)
+				}
+			}
+			if len(page) == n {
+				break // nothing more reaches `to`: the rest of the range is gone from the log
+			}
+			cur = page[len(page)-1].Seq + 1
 		}
 		for i := len(page) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-			if page[i].Seq > to {
-				continue
-			}
 			read++
 			var a Act
 			if json.Unmarshal(page[i].Value, &a) != nil {
@@ -383,10 +400,12 @@ func (l *Log) read(since time.Time) ([]Act, int, cutRead, error) {
 			if a.At.Before(since) {
 				return out, read, cutRead{}, nil
 			}
-			if size += len(page[i].Value); size > MaxAnswerBytes {
+			a.Log = handacts.Seat
+			// The act as answered counts, with its log: the answer stays under the bus's payload.
+			raw, _ := json.Marshal(a)
+			if size += len(raw); size > MaxAnswerBytes {
 				return out, read, cutRead{"the answer reached " + strconv.Itoa(MaxAnswerBytes>>10) + " KiB", page[i].Seq - f.First + 1}, nil
 			}
-			a.Log = handacts.Seat
 			out = append(out, a)
 		}
 		if from <= f.First {
diff --git a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts_test.go b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts_test.go
index f79237b63..d1cc2078c 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-hand-acts/cmd/mesh-hand-acts/acts_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ type memStore struct {
 	logs    map[string][]entry
 	keysErr map[string]error
 	pages   int
+	// pageCap ends a page early at this many entries, as the runtime does at its byte cap.
+	pageCap int
 }
 
 func newStore() *memStore {
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ func (s *memStore) Page(log string, from uint64, limit int) ([]PageEntry, error)
 	}
 	s.pages++
 	var out []PageEntry
+	if s.pageCap > 0 {
+		limit = min(limit, s.pageCap)
+	}
 	for i := max(int(from), 1) - 1; i < len(s.logs[log]) && len(out) < limit; i++ {
 		out = append(out, PageEntry{Seq: uint64(i + 1), Value: s.logs[log][i].raw})
 	}
@@ -308,6 +313,29 @@ func TestHandActsReadsItsOwnLogAlone(t *testing.T) {
 		got.Acts[0].At.Before(got.Acts[1].At) {
 		t.Errorf("a window over the cap: complete %v, cut %d, why %q, %d acts, %d bytes", got.Complete, got.Cut, got.Why, len(got.Acts), len(raw))
 	}
+	// A page the runtime ends early skips no entry: 10 acts, pages of 4 (issue 1966 review).
+	pc, pcStore, _, pnow := newLog()
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		at := pnow.Add(-time.Duration(10-i) * time.Minute)
+		_ = pcStore.Append(ActsLog, actKey(at), Act{At: at, Verb: VerbRecord, Cause: "c" + strconv.Itoa(i), By: "x", Why: "x"})
+	}
+	pcStore.pageCap = 4
+	if got := pc.HandActs(14, "", ""); len(got.Acts) != 10 || !got.Complete || got.Kept[ActsLog] != 10 {
+		t.Errorf("early-ended pages: %d acts, complete %v, kept %v", len(got.Acts), got.Complete, got.Kept)
+	}
+	// The answer is counted as it is sent, with its log: 20,000 short acts stay under 1 MiB, and a day wholly listed is complete.
+	sm, smStore, _, snow := newLog()
+	for i := 0; i < 20000; i++ {
+		at := snow.Add(-time.Duration(20000-i) * time.Second)
+		_ = smStore.Append(ActsLog, actKey(at), Act{At: at, Verb: VerbRecord, By: "x", Why: "x"})
+	}
+	got = sm.HandActs(14, "", "")
+	if raw, _ := json.Marshal(got); got.Complete || len(raw) > 1<<20 {
+		t.Errorf("20,000 short acts: complete %v, %d bytes", got.Complete, len(raw))
+	}
+	if got := sm.HandActs(0, "", ""); !got.Complete {
+		t.Errorf("a window wholly listed said partial: %q", got.Why)
+	}
 	// A read that takes longer than its budget stops and says so.
 	slow := &Log{Store: bigStore, Logf: func(string, ...any) {}}
 	slowNow := *bnow